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by all his friends has one of the longest tenures as a member of a State Soil Conser- 

 vation Committee in the United States. 



William D'Ewart of Wilsall has been reappointed by Governor Nutter for a four year 

 term on the Coramitteee 



At its meeting on January 11th, the Committee re-elected Fred Sanbom of Great Falls 



as Chairman for 1961 j John Schroeder of Lolo as Vice-chaimanj and Truman Anderson 



as Executive Secretary for the balance of this fiscal year, which terminates June 30th. 



The Committee approved the transfer of territory from the Cascade to the Lewis and 

 Clark Soil Conservation District. The territory involved is a small area lying in 

 Lewis and Clark County. The transfer places all of Lewis and Clark County in one dis- 

 trict, while all of Cascade County is now on the same boundary as Cascade County. 



The Committee also disallowed the transfer of the Three Rivers District to surrounding 

 districts. A petition asking that the District be transferred to Gallatin Valley, 

 Meagher, Broadwater, Jefferson Valley and Madison Districts would have dissolved the 

 Three Rivers District had the petition been approved. The lively hearing recently held 

 by the Committee at Three Forks was evidence that local land occupiers recognize the 

 value of districts and take pride in its membership. 



Will_.all districts please send copies of their I960 Annual Report and Financial State- 

 ment to State Soil Conservation Committee, North_Barracks, Montana State College" ~ 

 Bozeman. 



MEN WANTED 

 Water Chemist, Senior Water Engineer, Hydrologist 



The above ads appeared in a recent issue of "Western Water News", published at San 

 Francisco, California, the ads are submitted by three different Water Districts in 

 California and reflect the acute water situation in that state. 



How soon will Montana communities find themselves in need of such special facilities? 



"The world stands aside to let the man 

 pass who knows whither he is going". 



MONTANA DISTRICTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSERVATIGN E DUCAHON 



Montana 's Soil Conservation District Supervisors soon will be receiving brief ques- 

 tionaires concerning the educational work being carried on in each District, This is 

 pai^i of an eight-state educational survey of SCD programs, being carried out and fin- 

 anced entirely by the Conservation Education Association, a national organization.. The 

 survey plans were presented to the MASCD Education Committee at the recent Annual 

 Meeting, and resulted in the presentation and passage of Resolution #6 which urged 

 support and cooperation of each District in carrying out the survey. 



I In a nutshell, the whole purpose of the Conservation Education Association's offering 

 to do this job is the knowledge that many Districts have had very successful educational 

 programs which other districts ought to know about. The CEA is interested in estab- 

 lishing "Cross-currents" of information which will strengthen the programs of all 

 districts, by letting them know what has worked elsewhere. After all of the Districts 



